Best Stuart Heritage Podcasts (2024)

The stigma attached to having a mixed-race child caused Caroline’s maternal mother to give her for adoption at only a few months old. Her adoptive parents endured being snubbed by neighbours, confused as to why they hadn’t adopted a white baby. Nonetheless, Caroline’s parents couldn’t have been more loving and offered support and encouragement in h…

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#07 - Dr Nalishebo Elliott - Growing up in Zambia to Becoming The First Woman Of Colour To Win Miss World Austrialia 1999 - But Not Without Racial Prejudices 28:04

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Born a twin in Zambia to an African mother and an Australian father, Nalishebo and her siblings moved with their father to The Northern Territory, Australia aged 13. Dealing with the emotional tear from their mother 7000 miles away, they had to endure racial suffering in the Australian outback. But amidst the emotional pain and suffering, she carve…

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#06 - The Race Dilemma Podcast - Summary Episode - The Story So Far... 9:55

3y ago9:55

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We’d thought we’d just summarise briefly the last 5 episodes and bring to a close the family season of the race dilemma. Although closure is not something that is written in stone, we hope the story may continue... But for now, we will broaden the conversation out further afield to people outside the family who have shown an interest in sharing the…

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#05 - The Race Dilemma - Cousin Esther Hallman shares her story of growing up with a Pakistani father and German mother 23:05

3y ago23:05

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In this episode, we speak with our first cousin Esther Hallman. Of Pakistani and German heritage, growing up in a suburb of west London, she didn’t always find it easy to fit in a particular group…a result of a mixed heritage background or simply her nature? Please email us @ theracedilemmapodcast@gmail.com to be featured on a future episode. If yo…

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#04 - The Race Dilemma - Stuart Morrison shares what it was like growing up with his Anglo Indian heritage without obviously looking Anglo Indian 36:18

3y ago36:18

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The story continues with another family member, this time with our cousin Stuart Morrison and although of Anglo Indian heritage, Stuart’s fair skin colour never left him in doubt about his very proud background but soon realised that the confusion was with other people. Please send an email to theracedilemmapodcast@gmail.com if you would like to be…

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#03 - Race Dilemma - Abel Sloane gives his take on growing up with a mixed heritage and shares some interesting insights about perceptions of people of colour in today’s society. 41:38

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This episode is a conversation with Daniel's son Abel, and although only two years younger, his appearance is different to his sister Florence… he has an olive skin tone and brown curly hair and according to his sister, he has a more exotic look about him. This is the first time he’s ever expressed an interest in voicing his opinion on his mixed he…

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#02 - Race Dilemma - Florence Sloane speaks about growing up looking white on the outside but feeling brown on the inside. 25:31

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The catalyst for this podcast, Daniel's daughter Florence Sloane, tells her story of how being white on the outside left her feeling unqualified to contribute to conversations about racism, even though close members of her family had experienced it first hand. This presented a race dilemma for her... Growing up she thought she looked Asian only to …

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#01 - Introduction - Drew and Daniel explore their first experiences of being made to feel racially different. 51:43

3+ y ago51:43

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In the first episode, we give a brief insight into one or two of our experiences in which racism made a big impact on us - our first realisation that we were in fact of a mixed background and that people judged us on our skin colour, left us a little confused about where we fitted in, mainly due to the way in which we were perceived by others.…

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Dischord #20 - Time and Tide (Jethro Compton and Darren Clark) 42:54

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This episode I talk to Jethro Compton and Darren Clark, the writers of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and track the creation of a this new British musical adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. We discuss topics including adaptation, time, collaboration and kindness. Read Darren's blog about musical theatre here and see the show's…

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Dischord #19 All Musicals Stink, Part 2 (Stuart Heritage And Alex Young) 37:01

6+ y ago37:01

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Part two of a conversation with Guardian journalist Stuart Heritage and Actor/Writer Alex Young. Following a January 2018 article where Stuart Heritage said he hated musicals, we debate whether you can really hate a whole artform and discuss how speaking to those who disagree with you can teach everyone something new. (Stuart's original article is …

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Dischord #18 - All Musicals Stink, Part 1 (Stuart Heritage and Alex Young) 52:50

6+ y ago52:50

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Kicking off series two, this week is the first part of a conversation with Guardian journalist Stuart Heritage and Actor/Writer Alex Young. Following a January 2018 article where Stuart Heritage said he hated musicals, we debate whether you can really hate a whole artform and discuss how speaking to those who disagree with you can teach everyone so…

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Dischord - Soapbox #3 (Cheese) 23:17

7y ago23:17

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On this episode we investigate the word cheese, ask some people what it means and wonder about why it is so regularly applied to musical theatre.

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Dischord #17 - Breaking the Mold (Andrew Whyment) 1:05:00

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This week I talk to director Andy Whyment about resistance, politics, active engagement and labels. Andy is the artistic director of Squint and we met in 2016 when we both won Kevin Spacey Foundation awards. But his was for theatre and mine musical theatre. In this episode we ask what divides our work and what unites it.…

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Dischord #16 - Awakening (Duncan Sheik) 50:40

7+ y ago50:40

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We speak to Tony and Grammy award winning composer-lyricist Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening, American Psycho, Whisper House) about putting pop and rock music onstage, the boundary between scenes and songs, seeing the world through headphones and constructing a theatrical reality.

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Soapbox #2 (Danger, High Voltage) 49:00

7+ y ago49:00

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This week I talk about why pop songs and musical theatre songs feel different. I devise a scale of how to describe the informational content of songs and hopefully begin to draw some conclusions about the gap between music and musicals.

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Dischord #15 - Money Money Money (Dougal Irvine) 50:00

8y ago50:00

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We speak to the relentlessly busy british musical theatre writer Dougal Irvine about just how difficult it can be to sustain a career in new musical theatre. We also cover innovation, loving what you do and why giving up isn't an option.

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EPISODE 11: LIVE FROM THE LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL 2016 1:04:35

8y ago1:04:35

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This special episode comes live to you from the London Podcast Festival, where we entirely failed to feature in any of any “must-see” guides, but we DID share a dressing room with Armando Iannucci, and we got some lovely mugs to boot. Plus! People actually turned up! And no one walked out! Even though we talked at length about periods AND poo! Our …

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Soapbox #1 (Comic Books And Musicals) 19:32

8y ago19:32

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This week I'm trying something new. Instead of an interview, I chat about something that has been on my mind. With the help of some extracts from other podcasts, I suggest that comic books and musicals have a lot in common.

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Dischord #14 - Say Something (Sevan Greene) 53:25

8y ago53:25

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This week I speak to playwright, actor and musical theatre writer Sevan Greene about his unconventional background, working on both sides of the atlantic and how there may not be a formula for writing musicals but there are tiny equations.

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Dischord #13 - Omnivore (Michael Bruce) 53:45

8y ago53:45

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In this episode, I talk to acclaimed composer and songwriter Michael Bruce about the many facets of his background and learning. He has spent the past few years writing music for plays and we discuss what this has taught him about musical theatre.

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EPISODE 10: PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION 33:42

8y ago33:42

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It’s the last episode of LUV & HAT before our performance at The London Podcast Festival! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE. This episode, although nominally about PDAs, REALLY concerns the loud monkey-donkey-ghoul sex our neighbours insist on having against our very thin party wall. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Dischord #12 - The Map And The Territory (James Hadley) 1:05:02

8y ago1:05:02

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In this episode we zoom out to look at the map and the territory of the British musical theatre scene. We talk with James Hadley, head of the Musical Theatre Network to ask where we are, where we've been and where we might be headed.

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EPISODE 9: BIRTHDAYS 27:51

8y ago27:51

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HELLO here is a PODCAST about BIRTHDAYS because STUART’S was last week, and ROBYN’S is on Wednesday. ALSO PLEASE COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW IN SEPTEMBER. ALSO ALSO please leave us a review on iTunes. ALSO ALSO ALSO please get in touch on Twitter to ask our advice about whatever the fuck you have going on in your lives. ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO sorry about al…

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Dischord #11 - It Isn't A Musical (Matt Regan) 16:41

8y ago16:41

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This week I discuss the piece Greater Belfast with its writer Matt Regan. He doesn't think the piece is a musical, but I think it might be. Our conversation covers, moving from scenes into songs, combining music and text, gig theatre and hating musicals.

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EPISODE 8: SHORTS 30:05

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This week we’re joined by Pete Heritage, Stu’s younger brother, who Stu has described before thus: It’s hard to overstate how much Pete enjoys exercise, too. Approximately a third of his kitchen space is taken up with colossal tubs of intimidating muscle supplements called things like Donkeykick and Thunderpunch. His favourite story is the one wher…

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Dischord #10 - Text And Music (Adriaan Van Aken) 32:43

8y ago32:43

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We speak to Adriaan Van Aken, the artistic director of Belgian company Het Nieuwstedelijk who give text and music equal emphasis in their work. We discuss their most recent show 'Last Call; which is currently playing at the Edinburgh Fringe. We discuss content and form, debate the Wooster group and Laurie Anderson, wonder how to merge distinct disc…

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Dischord #9 - Sing More, Act More (Molly Lynch) 37:17

8y ago37:17

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In this episode we talk to singer and actor Molly Lynch about the way music can be looked down upon in musical theatre and how to make sure it can be treated properly and what that can teach us.

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EPISODE 7: GHOSTBUSTERS 34:39

8y ago34:39

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HIYAAAA! This week’s “animated discussion” is about GHOSTBUSTERS, that famous divisive franchise. This episode also features a lovely and very well-sung song from Robyn, some vivid descriptions of Stuart’s phlegm situation, and a FILIAL CHALLENGE for the next podcast. Also, come and see us LIVE in London this September, and please subscribe and rev…

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Dischord #8 - Rooms And Corridors (Tim Gilvin) 35:26

8y ago35:26

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This week, we chat to writer Tim Gilvin about the way pop music has a lot to teach us about musical theatre. Tim started out as a pop song writer and still looks to merge that contemporary sound and relevant themes with the musicals he writes.

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Dischord #7 - Miss Revolutionary (Toco Nikaido) 38:13

8y ago38:13

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This week I discuss Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker, a new Japanese show seen as part of the Lift Festival at the Barbican Theatre. This loud, bright, assault on the senses may have lessons to teach us about why we go to the theatre, how it makes us feel things and why music is such a powerful tool. Includes an interview with the show's creator T…

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Dischord #6 - The Boundary (Rebecca Brewer) 41:04

8y ago41:04

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I speak to actress Rebecca Brewer about her ability to cross over the boundary that separates musicals and plays and I ask why there is a boundary at all and how we can start to make it disappear.

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Dischord #5 - Writing Songs (Luke Bateman & Michael Conley) 40:37

8y ago40:37

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In the first part of this episode we deconstruct our theme music with its composer Luke Bateman to see what it can teach us about innovation in Musical Theatre. Then we chat with Luke and his collaborator Michael Conley about the creation of one of their songs to see how it was made and what that can teach us.…

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Dischord #4 - I Hate Musicals (David Ralfe) 44:00

8y ago44:00

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This week I spoke to theatremaker David Ralfe to ask him why he felt able to use the words 'I hate musicals'. David primarily makes devised theatre and through our discussion we try to figure out what bothers him about musical theatre and how we might look to fix it or fix his misconceptions.

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Dischord #3 - The Trip (Nick Holder) 44:15

8y ago44:15

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This week I go on a road trip with actor Nick Holder. He is a performer who has worked in both commercial and subsidised theatre with credits ranging from Les Miserables to London Road. In this frank discussion, we try and unpick what we expect from musicals, discuss how the medium can learn to innovate and ask why perhaps we have to be happy givin…